The Witch remains an A24 horror peak 10 years after its release

It’s a familiar story in the horror world: A small studio makes its name on genre films, then expands its reach with a more ambitious slate of movies, often courting year-end awards rather than the Fangoria crowd. Think of the 20-year journey between New Line Cinema releasing the first Nightmare on Elm Street movie in 1984 and winning Best Picture for its trilogy-capping Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.